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This lovely Suede Norwegian with Alden’s Goodyear welted low-profile rubber sole was never marketed in Europe and is not presently available is America, except as a special order with a price surcharge. A pity too, as the suede itself is ideal for wet weather and deserves a rubber sole, specially one of this exceptional quality.

Suede is difficult to photograph and here again the pictures of this supremely elegant shoe are inadequate. The actual colour is the just the right dusty, warm, medium-brown. The quality of the suede, again, is difficult to see in the photos, but this is a superior velour-like, soft-to-the-touch top-quality, full-grain calfskin suede. With additional 360 degree “split reverse welt” (Storm welt)(Pic #11), this is a massive,and supremely comfortable shoe for town and country and one that will give decades of service and survive the extraordinary requirements of a big or heavy gentleman.

About the model: The Suede Norwegian is one of the perhaps dozen most basic gentleman’s shoes and has a prominent palace in every collection. This is an ideal shoe to wear when surveying your country estate in your baggy tweeds or knickerbockers, but equally suitable for daytime wear in town. Of course perfect with a blue blazer and flannel “bags”, not to mention any casual dress; kakis, tweeds, checks, corduroys or any earth-tones suitings. I am personally a great fan of suede and I it at once dressy and relaxed, a shoe, to be sure, in the English taste and one that absolutely distinguishes the wearer. Moreover, this is the kind of shoe that, in this highest of quality calfskin suede, requires no more than a quick brushing when dry to be clean and fit to wear again. I find my Suede shoes improve with age and weathering; they become more handsome with a few years and miles on them and are simple to maintain.